Round 3573 ORTANIQUE DEfs - Vote Now!

[Tim Lodge]

Here we have 14 defs of the word ORTANIQUE only one of which comes from my dictionary.  Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline:

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‏I reserve the right to close the round early if all players who have submitted a def have voted.

New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted.

--  Tim L

 *** ORTANIQUE ***

 1.  Slippery.

 2.  Having a salty flavor.

 3.  A type of fabric woven with threads of gold or silver.

 4.  A surface that appears matte under daylight but reveals a subtle shimmer under candlelight.

 5.  A gilding technique whereby finely ground, high-carat gold–mercury amalgam is applied to an object.

 6.  A citrus fruit which is a cross between an orange and a tangerine, developed in Jamaica in the 1920s.

 7.  A novelty waxed paper bag created in the 1940s for taking home any restaurant meal leftovers, presumably for one's dog.

 8.  An approach to construction that deliberately incorporates irregular natural materials to achieve a singular aesthetic effect.

 9.  A technique for working with silver, where tiny silver beads are attached to the surface of objects to create intricate patterns.

10.  _English Law. Obsolete_. Without consideration _of_ something specified. [Lat. _orta nique_ ‘whether (specified events) have arisen or not’]

11.  A synthetic material used in the construction of high-end athletic footwear known for its unique ability to absorb and store kinetic energy.

12.  The blue form of _Hydrangea macrophylla_; it can be changed to the red form by changing the pH, by adding lime to the  soil, when it may be called "verano".

13.  A map projection, particularly useful for polar navigation, that preserves both angles and relative land area by dividing the globe into equal triangular sections.

14.  (1) An artistic technique of the early 20th century in which fabric, often quilted, is applied to a lithograph or other print; (2) a work of art created using this process.

 

[Judy Madnick]

 5.  A gilding technique whereby finely ground, high-carat gold–mercury amalgam is applied to an object.

and

 9.  A technique for working with silver, where tiny silver beads are attached to the surface of objects to create intricate patterns.

 

Final answer. <G>

 

Judy Madnick

[Paul Keating]

Several of these are just horrible.

12 might be correct, and if not, is at least clever. 

3 is the best of the three definitions with silver or gold. 

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Paul Keating

Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

[Shani Naylor]

Gold, silver... or not?  I'll vote 3 & 6.

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[Chowie]

Since Paul always votes for his own definition,  I'll stay away from 3 and 12, as well as all the other metallic definitions.

Let me have 6 and 13.

~Bending under the weight of His mercies~

​"For we cannot do anything against the truth, 

but only for the truth​." 

II Corinthians 13:8

[Tim Bourne]

5 and 14, please.

Tim B

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[Daniel B Widdis]

Nice selection with many believable choices.

I’ll reject all the metallic ones, possibly at my peril.   

I’m fond of the doggy bag (7) and will reward whoever (Paul?) created the etymology for 10.

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go with 5 and 9.

--Mike

[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 5 and 14.

-- Eric

[Tony Abell]

I'll take 12 and 13:

> 12. The blue form of _*Hydrangea macrophylla*_; it can be changed to the

[nancygoat]

Avoiding vox pop, I'll take 4 and 14.

Nancy